Professor Helene Joffe (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) took part in a panel discussing how to make cities more liveable, commenting that social connectedness is a key part of the equation. Read: The Guardian

Written evidence published by the House of Commons Education Committee includes a warning from UCL that Brexit poses a “heightened reputational risk for UK education as a whole” and a call for the government to make up lost EU funds. Read: The Independent, More: Financial Times, The Guardian

Professor Dylan Wiliam (UCL Institute of Education) writes that the Pisa results comparing educational outcomes of 15-year-olds in different countries tend to be wielded for a range of erroneous conclusions, while he also cites research by John Jerrim (UCL Institute of Education). Read: BBC News, More: BBC News, Times Educational Supplement

A new study co-authored by Professor Yvonne Kelly and Professor Amanda Sacker (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) has found that children who spend more time with their mothers between age three and seven have better cognitive and social skills. Read: The Observer

An analysis by Dr Hannah Fry and Dr Thomas Oléron Evans (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) found the Queen tends to repeat the same words and phrases in her yearly Christmas speech. Read: Daily Mail, More: The Times